'I'll find out whose stuff I'm getting when the surprise package arrives': Employer calls ex-employee 16 months after they quit for being called 'insubordinate' for using FMLA, claim they have their 'personal effects'

After you leave a job, you might never look back. Maybe you connect with your former employees every now and again if you were particularly close, or maybe you ask them for a reference. But you've probably crossed your t's and dotted your i's and don't really want to hear from them again. Quitting a job can be an emotionally taxing decision.

You have to tell a workplace, that you've probably invested a massive amount of time and effort to, that you're not going to keep showing up there every day. It can be as awkward as a breakup. You give them a list of reasons and you hope that they understand. You put all your ducks in a row to make sure that you have a smooth exit. You might even help them look for your replacement if you're an especially nice person. But once you leave, you hope you made a clean break.

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That's not what happened in this story, with enough twists and turns to be in an Agatha Christie novel. After one employee quit after being unfairly reprimanded, they never expected to hear from their workplace again. But when they got a confusing call, they realized something else was going on. Read on for the story and see what you think.
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'I'll find out whose stuff I'm getting when the surprise package arrives': Employer calls ex-employee 16 months after they quit for being called 'insubordinate' for using FMLA, claim they have their 'personal effects'

I left my job 16 months ago. They contacted me today, and I think they had me confused me with another ex-employee.

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'I'll find out whose stuff I'm getting when the surprise package arrives': Employer calls ex-employee 16 months after they quit for being called 'insubordinate' for using FMLA, claim they have their 'personal effects'

I left my job 16 months ago. They contacted me today, and I think they had me confused me with another ex-employee.

Workers chimed in with their thoughts on the situation.

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